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NEXT AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1293:
Fri 0200 WOR ACBRadio Mainstream [repeated 2-hourly thru 2400]
Fri 2000 WOR World FM, Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand 88.2
Fri 2100 WOR RFPI [repeated 4-hourly thru Sat 1700]
Sat 0500 WOR VoiceCorps Reading Service, WOSU-FM subcarrier, cable
Sat 0900 WOR WRN to Eu, Au, NZ, WorldSpace AfriStar, AsiaStar
Sat 0955 WOR WNQM Nashville TN 1300
Sat 1100 WOR WPKN Bridgeport CT 89.5 & WPKM Montauk LINY 88.7
Sat 1700 WOR R. Veronica 106.5
Sat 1830 WOR WRN to North America
[including Sirius Satellite Radio channel 140]
Sat 2200 WOR WRMI 7385 [if back on air]
Sun 0000 WOR Radio Studio X 1584 http://www.radiostudiox.it/
Sun 0330 WOR WWCR 5070
Sun 0400 WOR WBCQ 9330-CLSB
Sun 0600 WOR World FM, Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand 88.2
Sun 0730 WOR WWCR 3215
Sun 0930 WOR WRMI 7385 [from WRN] [if back on air]
Sun 0930 WOR WRN to North America, also WLIO-TV Lima OH SAP
[including Sirius Satellite Radio channel 140]
Sun 0930 WOR KSFC Spokane WA 91.9
Sun 0930 WOR WXPR Rhinelander WI 91.7 91.9 100.9
Sun 0930 WOR WDWN Auburn NY 89.1 [unconfirmed]
Sun 0930 WOR KTRU Houston TX 91.7 [occasional]
Sun 1400 WOR KRFP-LP Moscow ID 92.5
Sun 1500 WOR WRMI 7385 [if back on air]
Sun 1830 WOR WRN1 to North America
[including Sirius Satellite Radio channel 140]
Sun 2000 WOR RNI [on sked, but not played last week]
Mon 0400 WOR WBCQ 9330-CLSB
Mon 0430 WOR WSUI Iowa City IA 910
Mon 0515 WOR WBCQ 7415
Mon 1900 WOR RFPI [repeated 4-hourly thru Tue 1500]
Wed 0030 WOR WBCQ 7415 [usually but temporary]
Wed 0100 WOR CJOY INTERNET RADIO plug-in required
Wed 1030 WOR WWCR 9985
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(summary) http://www.worldofradio.com/wor1293.html [not yet]
WORLD OF RADIO 1293 in true SW sound of Alex`s mp3:
It appears that http://www.dxprograms.net no longer archives WOR
or other programs that are on the web elsewhere, just DXers
Unlimited and Allan Weiner Worldwide
WORLD OF RADIO 1293 downloads in studio-quality mp3:
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(low) http://www.obriensweb.com/wor1293.mp3
WORLD OF RADIO PODCAST: www.obriensweb.com/wor.xml (currently: 1288,
Extra 61, 1289, Extra 62, 1290, 1291, 1292, soon 1293)
** AFGHANISTAN. See DX-PEDITIONS below
** ALBANIA. Radio Tirana, same QSL design as was received 10 to 12
years ago, on thin paper. Came as a post card, without envelope. 6205
kHz. Had to wait half a year (open_dx - Vassily Kuznetsov, Moscow,
Russia, Signal via DXLD)
** ANGOLA. The story of a radioamateur who founded a space centre ---
in Angola:
a) http://www.radioamadores.net/index/html
click on "EM DESTAQUE"
> shows Carlos Mar Bettencourt Faria, ex-CT1UX, ex-CR6CH
click on "...mais >>" in "Proposta" (NASA references) and then
return to former page...
...beneath "Proposta" and under "Documentos", click
b) http://www.netangola.com/lfbettencourt/ (Centro Espacial da
Mulemba, near Luanda) (the document is also in English)
It shows how developed the ex-colony of Angola, ex-Portuguese State of
Angola was in the telecommunications field.
As the article explains, the late Mr. Faria, who in the meantime had
his CR6CH amateur station sealed off, was murdered in the Mulemba
Space Centre itself in July, 1976, i.e. shortly after traitors in this
nearly 900-year old country handed over the Portuguese State of Angola
and other territories to their selected bunch of terrorists.
To some, my words may seem harsh. Some West Euro countries even
supported the guerrilla movements. Some others condemned us and our
allies in Rhodesia & RSA --- "forgetting" their own European people
had also been invading settlers in NAm, AUS, NZL, Greenland, and the
"funny" of it is that there are still colonies, regardless the statute
they've been given. Two simple words define that: greed and hypocrisy.
_________________
As far as I can recall, I think the R. Nacional de Angola (formerly
Emissora Oficial de Angola) "Mulenvos" site is located somewhere on
the road Luanda - - Cacuaco (cf. map for the CEM-Centro Espacial da
Mulemba location). (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, Nov 9, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. 11880, ABC Local Radio via Shepparton. Nov. 6 at 1125-
1200. SINPO 44444. "Sunday profile" in English till 1130, then "Speak
out". ID as "ABC Local Radio" and its website were often announced.
Changed into Radio Australia program with news at 1200 (Iwao Nagatani,
Japan, Japan Premium via DXLD)
** AUSTRALIA. Programmes I Like (# 16) "Asia-Pacific" -- Radio
Australia: One of the last of a dying breed....
"Asia-Pacific" is typical of many current affairs programmes, in that
it begins with the usual billboard of upcoming items, all introduced
by the host. This is short and sweet, and then we are thrust right
into things.
There are usually 5-6 items in each 25 minute programme, with many of
them being interviews with outside experts (journalists, academics,
ex-primary players) and/or primary players in a given topic. These
interviews are conducted by the hosts or other ABC reporters based in
Australia.
There are also numerous packaged reports, usually from the station's
(or parent network's) own correspondents and presenters. The packaged
reports feature interviewee comments as well as truncated interviews,
both of which are used to illustrate, support and explain the
reporter's comments and analysis.
Current affairs topics from the Asia-Pacific region are those that are
covered in the programme, with the vast majority being of a political
and/or economic nature. The interviews are designed to explain the
background, nature, and implications of those news items. The top news
stories of the day are covered at the start of the show.
One item deals with Australian affairs, especially its relations with
other states in the region. It discusses some aspect of current
Australian foreign policy, either of the diplomatic or trade variety.
This is usually the last, or second-to-last, item in each programme.
Each item is introduced, and closed, by the programme's host. Although
"Asia-Pacific" is a bit dry and formulaic, it covers stories that no
one else seems to be interested in, not any more at least. And it
covers them in an on-going, detailed manner. For that reason alone, it
is well worth a listen.
Website: http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/asiapac/
E-Mail: asiapac @ your.abc.net.au
(Peter Bowen, Toronto, ON, Nov 10, Swprograms mailing list via DXLD)
Also rebroadcast on Radio Taiwan International and probably some
Indonesian stations. It's eminently exportable (Dan Say, ibid.)
** BHUTAN. See DX-PEDITIONS below
** BOLIVIA. Quito 10/Nov/2005 9:40 Thursday edition: 5745.29, Radio
Virgen de los Remedios Tupiza, Sud Chichas, Potosí. I have been trying
a very long time to get some "hard-proof" showing that the Spanish
speaking "Radio Católica Mundial" station really is the Bolivian
station reported by some DXers: Radio Virgen de Los Remedios.
To be honest I thought it wasn´t but last night 0000 UT I finally got
the answer, the "hard-proof": recording of a perfect ID for the
Bolivian station. Live transmission from a Bolivian church up to 0000
when the ID came. After 0000 news from "Radio Católica Mundial".
I have also noted the USA station WRRB with Spanish, religious
programs, the last time up to WRRB-ID at 0000 UT on 5745.00 kHz.
Comments, photos and recordings at: http://www.malm-ecuador.com
(Björn Malm, Quito, Ecuador, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. A list of Brazilian splits from Mauno Ritola from source:
http://www.ondascurtas.com/listasemissorasmw.asp ---
589,86 R. Tribuna, Vitória
649,90 R. Tupi, Santos
659,88 R. Friburgo, Nova Friburgo
669,96 R. Oceânica Caraguatatuba
729,94 R. Cidade, Jundiaí
1049,95 R. Capixaba, Vitória
1110,09 R. Cultura, Campos
1120,40 R. Eldorado, São José dos Pinhais
1169,96 R. Sociedade, Oliveira
1189,95 R. Juàzeiro
1209,95 R. Clube, Varginha
1251,70 R. Difusora, Poços de Caldas [this one is most off freq]
1270,04 R. Continental, Campos
1309,95 R. Atalaia, Maringá
1400,15 R. Vale do Vasa-Barris, Jeremoabo
1409,80 R. Itaperuna
1459,85 R. Cultura, Lorena
1469,60 R. AM de Parelhas
1470,05 R. Vale do Paraíba, Barra do Piraí
1479,95 R. Solimões, Nova Iguaçu
1550,70 R. Imperial, Petrópolis
1559,95 R. Grande Rio, Itaguaí
1570,10 R. Metrópole, Cachoeirinha
1579,76 Radiovox, Muritiba
1579,95 R. Geração 2000, Teresópolis
1580,10 R. Educadora, Afonso Cláudio
1590,26 R. Floresta Negra AM, Joinville
1590,93 R. Resende AM (ARC's LA News Desk for November,
editor Tore B Vik, via Tore Larsson, DXLD)
** BULGARIA. 7600, Radio Varna. Nov. 6 at 2159-2220. SINPO 25332.
Chorus till 2200, then time pips and another chorus. News in Bulgarian
from 2201. ID was heard at 2209, followed by music program (Iwao
Nagatani, Japan, Japan Premium via DXLD)
** CANADA. RCI transmitter site as art:
http://hollingercollins.com/artists/Thaddeus/Thaddeus.html
(Ricky Leong, AB, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.:
Exhibition / Exposition
The Radio Canada International Portfolio, Oct 27 - Nov 24
HollingerCollins Contemporary Art is proud to present this exhibition
in conjunction with the 60th anniversary of Radio Canada
International, and gratefully acknowledges their support.
HollingerCollins art contemporain est fier de présenter cette
exposition soulignant le 60e anniversaire de Radio Canada
International, que nous remercions de leur précieux support.
http://www.rcinet.ca http://www.holownia.com (via DXLD)
** CANADA [non]. RCI in English, 2238 UT Nov 10 on 9730: quite a good
signal, but lacking that Sackville fidelity, in discussion of revival
of travel agents as people give up on trying to book on the Internet.
Yes, this is a relay, Yamata, Japan, 300 kW, 235 degrees with the Thu
program Business Sense, per current schedule. Directly off the back
would be 55 degrees, toward NAm, or maybe longpath; see JAPAN (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. See DX-PEDITIONS below
** CHINA. HOW CHINA'S PROPAGANDA MACHINE WORKS
Joan Maltese, Special for NewsMax.com, Friday, July 4, 2003
It's the tail end of the graveyard shift in a newsroom in Beijing.
Abandoned glasses of shrubby teas stand among the computer terminals,
looking like biology experiments. As the on-duty Foreign Expert at
China Central Television's English-language news channel, I am tapping
out the headlines for the 8 a.m. broadcast, which have been carefully
chosen and sequenced by the director and producer. As for me, I’m well
versed in the verbiage the censor will require . . .
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/7/3/134334.shtml
Cheers, (Mark Fahey, ARDXC via DXLD)
** CROATIA [non]. 11690, Croatian Radio via Juelich, Germany. Nov. 6
at 0659-0710. SINPO 24332. Music till 0700, then time signal and ID in
English as "This is Croatian Radio, the Voice of Croatia." News in
English lasted 3 minutes. Talk in Croatian followed. // 9470, 45444
(Iwao Nagatani, Japan, Japan Premium via DXLD)
** CUBA. Saludos cordiales, completo esquema de horarios y frecuencias
de Radio Habana Cuba para el período B-05:
http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/frecuencia/frecuencias-espanol.htm
(José Miguel Romero, Burjasot (Valencia), España, Nov 10, dxldyg via
DXLD) Viz.:
RADIO HABANA CUBA HORARIOS, BANDAS Y FRECUENCIAS
Válido octubre-2005 a marzo-2006
COBERTURA FRECUENCIA KHZ HORARIO UTC
ESPAÑOL
Nueva York 12000 11 – 15
Norte, Centro, Suramérica 6000 11 – 15
Caribe 9550 11 – 15
América del Sur 11805 / 15230 11 – 15
Caribe 9550 / 11800 21 – 23
Buenos Aires 15230 21 – 23
Norte, Centro, Suramérica 11760 00 – 05
América Central 6140 / 5965 00 – 05
Nueva York 9820 / 6000 / 6060 00 – 01 / 00 – 05 :
[unclear which of the two time spans applies to each of 3 frequencies]
Caribe 9550 02 – 05
América del Sur 15230 / 11875 00 – 05
MESA REDONDA
América del Norte 6000 / 11875 23 – 01
ALÓ PRESIDENTE [Sunday only, open-ended, but nominally until 1830?]
América Central 13680 14
Caribe 11670 14
América del Sur 11875 / 17750 14
América del Norte 13750 14
INGLÉS
Caribe 9550 23 – 24 / 05 – 07
América del Norte 9820 / 6000 / 6060 01 – 05 / 05 – 07
Norte, Centro, Suramérica 11760 05 – 07
FRANCÉS
Caribe 9550 / 9505 00 – 01 / 01:30 – 02 /
22 – 22:30
Norte, Centro, Suramérica 11760 20 – 20:30 / 21:30 – 22
PORTUGUÉS
América del Sur 17705 / 15230 22 – 22:30 / [sic:]
23 – 23:30 23 – 24
Caribe [sic] 11800 20 – 20:30
GUARANÍ
América del Sur 17705 22:30 – 23 / 23:30 – 24
QUECHUA
América del Sur 17705 00 – 00:30
CREOLE
Caribe 9505 – 9550 21:30 – 22 / 22:30 – 23
01 – 01:30
ÁRABE
Caribe [sic] 11800 20:30 – 21
ESPERANTO [Sundays only!]
América del Norte 6000 07 - 07:30
Norte, Centro, Suramérica 11760 15 – 15:30 / 19:30 – 20
América Central 6140 23:30 - 24 (RHC website
via Sean Gilbert, WRTH, cleaned up by gh for DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. A través del correo electrónico me ha llegado el siguiente
mensaje de Radio Habana Cuba con remitente de Esperanza Álvarez
ealvarez @ rhc.cu
``Estimados amigos: Estamos muy interesados en que capte a Radio
Habana Cuba en el horario de 1300 a 1500 UTC hora de Cuba [sic], de
9:00 AM a 11:00 de la mañana en la frecuencia de 15230 khz banda de 19
metros dirigida a Buenos Aires, y que también se escucha en Venezuela,
pues nos han reportado que existe interferencia de Radio China en
idioma inglés.
Necesitamos su reporte de recepción para poder solucionar el problema
y que pueda llegar nuestra señal hasta los amigos que nos escuchan.
Discúlpenos por disponer de su tiempo y esperamos contar lo antes
posible con su colaboración. Saludos afectuosos`` (via Rubén Guillermo
Margenet, Rosario, ARGENTINA, Nov 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
¿Sólo acaban de enterarse de esto? Lo mismo occurió durante la
temporada pasada B-04. ¿Qué más hay que decir? Como informamos desde
el principio de B-05, China vía Canadá cambió nuevamente de 15260 a
15230, sin respecto a RHC, apesar de que RHC también retransmite a
China en otros horarios, y que China apoya a Cuba en el campo de
transmisores y antenas! ¿Porqué estas emisoras tan fieles no se
coordinen en el campo de transmisiones, para evitar tales choques, y
no molestar a sus oyentes? No es el único conflicto entre China y Cuba
--- durante toda la temporada de A-05, a las 23 en 13680, hubo
Venezuela vía Cuba tanto como China, otra vez vía Canadá. 73, (Glenn
Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** DENMARK [and non]. BACK TO BASICS --- People will tune into a music
station in large numbers if they like what it's playing. As Sky Radio
has found out in Denmark, simply adding a team of presenters isn't
going to attract listeners if the product you're selling isn't what
they want. As Sky Radio Denmark has learned the hard way, the quality
of the product is ultimately more important than who's selling it.
It's time for some programme directors to get back to basics, and give
their listeners what they actually want.
http://www2.rnw.nl/rnw/en/features/media/rad051110.html?view=Standard
(Media Network newsletter Nov 10 via DXLD)
** ECUADOR [and non]. HCJB WORLD RADIO B05 BROADCAST SCHEDULE
(30 October 2005 – 25 March 2006)
UTC UTC Freq. TX Ant. Az. Target Days:
Begin End kHz KW (Degrees) Region SMTWTFS
[all broadcasts from Ecuador are 7 days a week, a.k.a. 1111111
COFAN
1100 1130 6050 50 18/172 S. America
ENGLISH
1100 1330 12005 100 330/124 N/S America
1100 1330 21455 1 35/225 Eur./S. Pacific
GERMAN (High)
0300 0330 9780 100 324 Mexico
1530 1600 21455 1 35/225 Eur./S. Pacific
2300 2400 12040 100 150 S. America
GERMAN (Low)
0230 0300 9780 100 324 Mexico
1500 1530 21455 1 35/225 Eur./S. Pacific
2230 2300 12040 100 150 S. America
HUARANI
1030 1100 6050 50 18/172 S. America
KULINA
2250 2300 12020 50 100 Brazil
PORTUGUESE
0800 0930 9745 100 100 N. Brazil
0800 0930 21455 1 35/225 Eur./S. Pacific
1530 1800 15295 100 139 Brazil
2300 0230 11920 100 126 Brazil
2300 2400 12020 50 100 Brazil
2400 0230 12020 100 100 Brazil
QUICHUA [V = Vertical incidence]
0830 1000 6125 100 155 S. America
0800 1100 690 50 000/180 Ecuador
0830 1200 3220 8 90 (V) S. America
0830 1300 6080 8 90 (V) S. America
0930 1100 21455 1 35/225 Eur./S. Pacific
2100 0300 6080 8 90 (V) S. America
2100 2300 9745 100 155 S. America
0000 0300 3220 8 90 (V) S. America
SPANISH
0100 0500 9745 100 325 Mexico
1100 0500 690 50 000/180 Ecuador
1100 1500 6050 50 18/172 S. America
1100 1300 11960 100 355 Cuba
1100 1500 11690 100 150 S. America
1300 1500 11960 100 323 Mexico
1330 1500 21455 1 35/225 Eur./S. Pacific
1900 0500 6050 50 18/172 Ecuador
2000 0500 21455 1 35/225 Eur./S. Pacific
2100 2300 12000 100 150 S. America
2300 0100 11700 100 157/330 N/S America
Note: HCJB`s shortwave broadcast schedule also includes these programs
transmitted from these locations.
English
0000 0030 15530 100 340 East Asia 1111111 Australia
0700 0900 11750 50 120 South Pacific 1111111 Australia
1030 1130 15400 100 340 SE Asia 1111111 Australia
1130 1200 15425 100 307 SE Asia 1111111 Australia
1400 1500 15390 100 307 South Asia 1111111 Australia
1500 1530 15425 100 307 South Asia 1111111 Australia
2230 2300 15530 100 340 East Asia 1_____1 Australia
Cantonese
0930 1030 15400 100 340 SE Asia 1111111 Australia
Indonesian
1200 1230 15425 100 307 SE Asia 1111111 Australia
Chinese (Mandarin)
2230 2300 15530 100 340 East Asia _11111_ Australia
2300 2400 15530 100 340 East Asia _11111_ Australia
Nepali
0030 0045 15405 100 307 South Asia 1111111 Australia
Chhattisgarhi 0045 0100 15405 100 307 South Asia 1______ Australia
Bangla 0045 0100 15405 100 307 South Asia _111111 Australia
English 0100 0115 15405 100 307 South Asia 1______ Australia
Gujarati 0100 0115 15405 100 307 South Asia _1_____ Australia
Bhojpuri 0100 0115 15405 100 307 South Asia __1____ Australia
Malayalam 0100 0115 15405 100 307 South Asia ___1___ Australia
Marwari 0100 0115 15405 100 307 South Asia ____1__ Australia
Marathi 0100 0115 15405 100 307 South Asia _____1_ Australia
Chhattisgarhi 0100 0115 15405 100 307 South Asia ______1 Australia
English 0100 0115 15405 100 307 South Asia 1______ Australia
Hindi 0115 0130 15405 100 307 South Asia 1111111 Australia
English 0130 0200 15405 100 307 South Asia 1111111 Australia
English 0200 0230 15405 100 307 South Asia 1______ Australia
Urdu 0200 0230 15405 100 307 South Asia _111111 Australia
Nepali 1230 1245 15405 100 307 South Asia 1111111 Australia
Tamil 1245 1300 15405 100 307 South Asia 1______ Australia
Bangla 1245 1300 15405 100 307 South Asia _111111 Australia
Chhattisgarhi 1300 1315 15405 100 307 South Asia 1_____1 Australia
Gujarati 1300 1315 15405 100 307 South Asia _1_____ Australia
Bhojpuri 1300 1315 15405 100 307 South Asia __1____ Australia
Malayalam 1300 1315 15405 100 307 South Asia ___1___ Australia
Marwari 1300 1315 15405 100 307 South Asia ____1__ Australia
Marathi 1300 1315 15405 100 307 South Asia _____1_ Australia
Hindi 1315 1330 15405 100 307 South Asia 1111111 Australia
English 1330 1400 15405 100 307 South Asia 1______ Australia
Urdu 1330 1400 15405 100 307 South Asia _111111 Australia
Former Soviet Union Languages
1700 1730 9805 500 62 Russia & CIS 1111111 U.K.
Southern Uzbek 1645 1700 1251 100 Central Asia 11___11
Uzbek 1645 1700 1251 100 Central Asia __111__
Turkmen 1700 1715 1251 100 Central Asia 1111111
Arabic 2100 2200 12025 250 150 N. Africa 1111111 U.K. [*]
Low German 1600 1629 3955 100 Omni Europe 1111111 Germany
High German 1630 1659 3955 100 Omni Europe 1111111 Germany
______________________________________________________________________
Mailing Address: HCJB World Radio Frequency Manager: Allen Graham
17-17-691 E-Mail: agraham @ hcjb.org.ec
Quito, Ecuador S.A. FAX: +593 2 226 4765 (HCJB website via gh, DXLD)
[*] The 12025 transmission we recently confirmed is via Sackville, not
UK. HCJB itself can`t seem to keep up with seasonal switches in site
for this.
Also, we checked the Kulina service again on Nov 9, and found it
slightly longer than Tim had; after open carrier, HCJB opening around
2252, Kulina chants and talk from 2253 or 2254 (Glenn Hauser, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) See also LANGUAGE LESSONS below!
** EGYPT. Un abrazo! Les informamos que ahora transmitimos por la
nueva banda de los 41 ms frecuencia 7270 khz y la de los 31 ms.
frecuencia 9415 khz. Saludos (Radio El Cairo en Español, Dir Gral.
Sanaa Makled, Dir. Dr Ahmed. Loc. Veronica Balderas, Assia Lamarty,
Red. Naglaa, Mahmoud, Mohamed, Nancy, Rana, Nov 10, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
A bit more detail would be nice; already in tentative sked in 5-185
0045-0200 7270 41 SPANISH N AMERICA
0045-0200 11755 25 SPANISH C AMERICA
0045-0200 9415 31 SPANISH S AMERICA
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. Bata 5005 --- Qué "chapada" la mía, olvidé
mencionar anteayer Martes 7 de Octubre, la recepción obtenida por
primera vez en mi caso de la Radio Nacional de Guinea Equatorial a
las 2245 con un SINPO de 25352, que parece un tanto inusual.
Comentarios en español sobre comportamiento de la ciudadanía con
musical "highlife" intercalada.
Para mí esto es un triunfo por lo tanto que he escuchado reportes de
la misma, pero dadas las ruidosas condiciones de semanas atrás ha sido
imposible. Igualemente ocurre que la banda de 60 m. no muestra por
aquí una buena apertura hasta después de las 2300 para señales
africanas.
Otra cosa que noté es que a veces tendemos a echarla buena parte de la
culpa de recepción ruidosa a nuestro sistema de antena por falta de
adecuada conexión a tierra. Mas es sorprendente cómo el ruido
desaparece si usamos el receptor solamente con pilas, de manera que
muchas veces el ruido llega por línea de alimentación de 110 voltios
en nuestro caso. Claro que esto no es descubrir el agua caliente (Raúl
Saavedra, Costa Rica, Nov 10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5005, R. Nac. de Bata, Nov 05, 2140-2150, 43443 Spanish, News and
African pops music, ID at 2141 (Kouji Hashimoto, Japan, Japan Premium
via DXLD)
** FRANCE. RFI: The long-running African music program "Couleurs
Tropicales" has moved and doubled its length. It had been an hour-long
show, but was cut to a half-hour last year. It's back to a one-hour
slot (though the show actually only runs 40 minutes after 10-minute
newscasts at the top and bottom of the hour) airing in the 2100 UT
hour M-F. Heard on 9790 (Mike Cooper, GA, Nov 9, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. See DX-PEDITIONS below
** INDONESIA. 9552.56, Radio Republik Indonesia, Makassar. Nov. 6 at
0657-0756. SINPO 24332. Talk till 0700, then another talk sounded like
news. ID was heard at 0718, then music program with Indonesian popular
songs (Iwao Nagatani, Japan, Japan Premium via DXLD)
** INTERNATIONAL. Open Source Center established
"INTELLIGENCE CENTER CREATED FOR UNCLAS. INFORMATION"
The NY Times reports today (9 Nov.) in an article by Scott Shane dated
8 Nov that the government is creating the "Open Source Center" to
"gather and analyze information from the Web, broadcasts, newspapers
and other unclassified sources around the world."
This is part of the intel restructuring being done by the new DNI,
John Negroponte, in recognizing that "critical information...
requires neither spies nor satellites to collect."
Not that one would remark, "what took them so long?"
When I read this, I immediately thought of our old buds at FBIS who
have been around now for literally decades. The article then mentions
that FBIS [Foreign Broadcast Information Service] is being absorbed
into the new center.
Examples of "open source" given in the article are such as sermons
from radical mosques, and reports in the Chinese provincial press
of avian flu outbreaks. The article stresses, twice actually, that
"such material has often been undervalued by government policymakers,
in part because it lacks the cachet of information gathered by more
sensitive methods"
Open source then, by definition, is any intel that could be gathered
by an average person using traditional methods (newspapers, radios).
All they need is the means to aggregate it, store it and reduce it,
and then start data-mining and looking for associations.
Mark Lowenthal, former asst. director of CIA, related a case in point
when the India gov't exploded a nuclear device in 1998 which caught
western analysts by surprise, based on their use of "agents,
eavesdropping and satellite photos". All they would have to have done
is to read the published platform of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya
Janata party, which stated that they would do so, if elected.
The role of FBIS has expanded beyond simple broadcast monitoring and
now covers study of web sites, periodicals and cataloging of slogans
seen on T-shirts worn by young people in target countries. Douglas
Naquin, FBIS director will assume command of the OSC, which will be
sited at Langley VA and ultimately under control of Negroponte.
This will assure that output from OSC will reach all 15 intel agencies
and mil commands and not just CIA as before. -o-
Interesting that intel is given less value when it is collected
outside of channels, or by "untrusted" means. I see a parallel here
with gathering of intel about radio conditions, such as IBOC
interference reports, by "untrusted" observers (non-credentialed DX
listeners) which are then given less credence, in the absence of any
reason not to (Bob Foxworth, FL, IRCA via DXLD)
** INTERNATIONAL. MISSIONARY RADIO REACHES A MILESTONE
November 10, 2005
International (MNN) -- New programs for people in key areas of the
world have allowed international Christian broadcaster Trans World
Radio to surpass an incredible milestone.
TWR's President David Tucker says a lot of the expansion has happened
over the last 10 years. "Recently in the Philippines and in East
Africa, and in the Caucasus region of Russia, and also in Mozambique
we've been able to add some languages which now take us over 200
languages and dialects in the world."
It took 41 years to tackle 100 languages, but only 10 years for the
next 100, says Tucker. Technology and a growing infrastructure has
allowed for such incredible growth. As they were able to work closely
with the church on the ground, it also provided incredible
opportunities to reach out with the Gospel.
Tucker says TWR isn't content on sitting at 200 languages. More are in
the works as they have more broadcast facilities. "We have more
airtime availability. We've put a major transmitter into Central Asia
and we hope to expand that transmitter in the next six months. So, we
possibly will add another five languages in the next six months to the
transmitter in the Caucasus area."
However, none of this could happen without your financial support and
assistance from the local church. "The local church is vital to what
we do because, first of all, they help us with prayer, to locate where
the peoples are that need the Gospel. And, also they recognize for us
the people who within their community are able to explain the Gospel
much, much better in a cultural way."
Pray that the Lord will give them the right people to help proclaim
the Gospel and that many would help support their evangelism and
discipleship ministry.
Organizations featured in this article:
Trans World Radio, 300 Gregson Drive/ Box 8700, Cary NC 27512
(Mission Network News via Bruce Atchison, DXLD)
Why are they so vague about the ``major transmitter into Central
Asia``? Presumably hired time on some existing facility. And no
languages specified by name. No doubt many of the 200 languages are
not on SW, and if they are, amount to only 15 minutes a day, or a
week. Following release is more specific (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
USA: CHRISTIAN RADIO EXPANDS NUMBER OF LANGUAGE BROADCASTS | Text of
press release by Trans World Radio on 8 November
Cary, North Carolina: Listeners in the Philippines, Russia and East
Africa are the beneficiaries of expanded ministry experienced by
international Christian broadcaster Trans World Radio (TWR), which has
added new programmes to help reach people with the good news of Jesus
Christ in languages they can understand.
Recent broadcast additions to the airwaves include the following
diverse languages: Cebuano and Ilocano, which are spoken in the
Philippines; Luganda, a native language of East Africa; Adyghe, heard
in the Northern Caucasus region of Russia; Chuwabu, which is spoken in
Mozambique.
With these new additions, TWR now proclaims God's Word worldwide in
more than 200 languages and dialects. Programs are broadcast from over
2,700 broadcasting outlets, including 14 international transmitting
sites, satellite, cable, internet and local AM and FM stations.
Broadcasting since 1954, TWR reached the 100-language mark 41 years
after its inception, yet it added the next 100 languages and dialects
in only 10 years.
"Expanding the number of languages TWR airs undoubtedly broadens our
opportunity to reach even more people with the gospel message," says
TWR president Dr David Tucker.
"What's more, by adding broadcasts into hard-to-reach areas like the
Northern Caucasus region and the Philippines, we can deliver the
gospel to people who might not otherwise have access to it."
For more information: David McCreary, 919.460.3778 Source: Trans World
Radio press release, Cary (USA), in English 8 Nov 05 (via BBCM via
DXLD)
** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. Just got off the phone with Sirius on this.
Plans are to have 5 of the 8 [sic -- the Canadian Sirius website says
there are 10] Canadian channels available to US subscribers when the
service is launched in early December. Sirius' corporate
communications manager is not sure if the decision has yet been made
regarding which 5 will be offered. The full Canadian lineup will be
offered to US subscribers in early 2006, but it appears you'll need to
get a new receiver -- with a new chipset -- to get the additional
channels. Watch this space (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA, Nov 10,
swprograms via DXLD)
** ISRAEL [and non]. GOVERNMENT CONSIDERING REGULATION OF INTERNET
BROADCASTS | Text of report by Israeli settlers' Arutz 7 radio website
on 10 November
A government body responsible for regulating satellite and cable
broadcasts is considering extending the scope of its authority to
internet broadcasts aimed at the Israeli public.
The Council for Satellite and Cable Broadcasting is currently charged
by Israeli law with regulating the content of satellite and cable
broadcasts.
Broadcasting via cable or satellite to the Israeli public requires a
licence. The council has the power to grant licences to selected
content and service providers who meet its requirements, and revoke
the licences of broadcasters who do not.
If the council's authority is broadened to include internet radio
broadcasts, broadcasters such as Israel National News (Arutz-7) might
be subject to government regulation and oversight, something that
could severely compromise its independence, objectivity, and ability
to report and comment on current events the way it sees fit. Arutz-7
radio, broadcasting from off-shore, was shut down by the government
two years ago.
The reason for concern is that government agencies have been selective
in their regulation of terrestrial radio. Arutz-7 National Radio's
offshore station, serving the public dubbed as "the national camp
radio," was shut down in 2003 despite its rank as the third-largest
commercial radio station in the country. However, the same agencies
allowed the left-wing "Voice of Peace" station to broadcast freely
from offshore until the station's manager ended the broadcast due to
financial and medical problems.
Yoram Mokdi, chairman of Israel's Council for Satellite and Cable
Broadcasting, said that while the council is only beginning to study
the issue, Israel's big cable and satellite content providers, such as
Hot and Yes, are already making plans to broadcast to subscribers via
the internet.
While satellite and cable companies must receive a licence to start
internet broadcasting, companies who limit their broadcasting only to
the internet can still reach out to the public without government
interference.
But once such broadcasts "reach half the country via the internet,"
Mokdi said, many people, particularly Israel's media conglomerates,
will demand that the government start subjecting them to regulation as
well, or in the alternative, exempt satellite and cable broadcasting
from government regulation.
Mokdi said, however, that in his opinion, "regulation is not always a
good thing," and that the council does not intend to create "a
dictatorship for internet sites." Arutz-7 broadcasts over the internet
daily and weekly TV programming in English and Hebrew at its site:
http://IsraelNationalTV.com
Asked what would happen if Arutz-7 started streaming 24-hour
television news content over the internet the way CNN or Fox News do
in the United States over cable, Mokdi said he could not be certain
that Arutz-7 would be exempt from Israeli government regulation and
supervision.
Under current regulations, the state would have to grant Arutz-7 a
special licence for broadcasting news, if it were on cable or
satellite.
In today's political reality, with Arutz-7 more often than not at odds
with government policy, especially on the sensitive issue of holding
all the land of Israel under Jewish sovereignty, getting a licence to
broadcast news and commentary from the government would be highly
unlikely.
Baruch Gordon, director of Arutz-7's English website
http://IsraelNationalNews.com said it was no coincidence that the
government shut down Arutz-7's over-the-air broadcasts shortly before
announcing the Disengagement Plan to the public.
He said the best way to safeguard the right to freedom of speech from
government intervention would be to allow unregulated internet news
broadcasting regardless of how many Israelis decide to tune in, "even
if it's half the country".
Gordon explained that Arutz-7 broadcasts only over the internet
because the Israeli government would not issue a tender for a national
radio station that would be allowed to broadcast news and commentary
freely without government intervention.
Most over-the-air radio and television broadcasting in Israel is
controlled by the state. Israel allowed private firms to operate
regional radio stations, however with many limitations. Initially, the
regional stations were forbidden to broadcast their own news on
matters of national public debate. They had to default to the state-
run news stations. The regional newscasts were limited to coverage of
local issues pertaining to the region they operate in.
In contrast, virtually all television and radio stations in the United
States are privately owned, and the government does not regulate the
content of broadcast news or opinion. Traditional over-the-air
broadcast media in the United States do, however, require a license
from the Federal Communications Commission.
The US initiated licensing of over-the-air broadcasts in order to
ensure fair public access to limited radio frequencies. Cable and
satellite broadcasts, on the other hand, are subject to very little
government regulation and interference. Controversial radio talk host
Howard Stern recently moved to satellite radio in order to avoid
certain regulatory limitations on speech.
Internet broadcasting in the United States is virtually free of
government regulation, except for certain pornography issues, and
legal concerns involving the use of copyrighted material.
Mokdi said the council will be examining the American model as well as
the one being developed in Europe which tends to view more favourably
government regulation and supervision of internet broadcasting.
The council will be holding public hearings on the issue until 7 March
2006. After that, it will formulate its policy along with the Justice
Ministry and the Ministry of Communications.
"We might reach the conclusion that it is impossible to regulate the
internet," he said. Source: Arutz 7 radio website, Bet El (West Bank),
in Hebrew 10 Nov 05 (via BBCM via DXLD)
** ITALY. Rai, Roma, before and after 0055 on 6110? All I hear is
Spanish. No sign-off, no ID, drops out at 0100. Rai not on 9675, not
on 11800 --- or not propagating here if on the latter (Bob Thomas, CT,
Nov 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6110 would be BBC at that hour; you must have been thinking of 6010,
which Rai has used previously for the English to NAm (gh, DXLD)
** JAPAN. On 13650, Nov 10 at 2247 a station in Mandarin, with a
long/short path echo. Per EiBi B-05, this is R. Japan, so interesting
propagation. After 2300, China via Cuba in Portuguese comes on 13650,
but I hear R. Japan underneath, by then in Thai. See also CANADA [non]
for a logging a few minutes earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** KASHMIR. See DX-PEDITIONS below
** LIBERIA [non]. Dear Glen[n], Do you have any idea what this
transmitter might be?
2110-2130 English language interview (sport) ;
2130-2133 News in French (lots of mentions of Liberia);
2133-2200 Health programme in English;
No idents; 11960; SINPO=34333. I can't find it in any lists. 73 (Jon
Kempster, London, Nov 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Jonathan, That would be Star Radio, Liberia, via Ascension. They are
also on 9525 at 0700-0900. Have been operating for a few months now.
Regards, (Glenn to Jon, via DXLD)
ASCENSION, 11960, Star R., Nov 05 2151-2159*, 42442-44444, English,
Talk, SJ [?] at 2159, 2159 sign off, QRM of AWR on co-channel, Thanks
for tip from A. Kageyama (Kouji Hashimoto, Japan, Japan Premium via
DXLD) AWR = Guam
Star Radio, Liberia, I'm picking up "Star Radio" real good from 2100
to 2200 Zulu on 11960; not 11965. They apparently moved down five for
the winter (Clyde Benson, via Dan Sampson, PTSW via DXLD)
** LITHUANIA. ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE reception of R. Vilnius to NAm in
English! Had to tune off and go to SSB to copy. 2330 o 7325, co-
channel QRM plus 7320 and 7330. One QRMer is Iran. Second transmission
at 0030 on 9875: low signal, heavy hash. Just head scratchin` (Bob
Thomas, CT, Nov 5, WORLD OF RADIO 1293, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MALAYSIA. 6024.88, Voice of Islam, Nov 9, 1438-1459 and 1519-1526,
young woman DJ with pop songs, many IDs for ``Radio Suara Islam`` and
mentions ``FM,`` 1450 into news, on-air phone calls. Audio somewhat
distorted. Fair.
7270, Wai FM, Nov 9, 1356-1420 and 1531-1600*, good reception, woman
DJ with pop songs, 1400-1405 ``Berita Wai FM`` (news), many singing
station jingles, on-air phone call from Brunei. Off in mid-song (Ron
Howard, Monterey, CA, RX340 + T2FD antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** MALDIVE ISLANDS. DETENTION OF MALDIVES JOURNALIST EXTENDED |
Excerpt from report by Sri Lankan-based Maldivian Minivan News website
on 10 November
Minivan journalist Abdulla Saeed (Fahala) has had his period of
detention extended for a further 30 days, family sources have
reported.
Fahala's wife was finally granted access to Fahala on 3 November at
the police headquarters in Male. Fahala told his wife his period of
detention had been extended. Neither Fahala nor his family have been
given a reason for his arrest.
Fahala was summoned to the police station in Male on 13 October.
Talking to Minivan, Fahala's wife said the summons chit said he was to
be questioned "regarding a matter".
"But on Television Maldives and Voice of Maldives it was alleged that
four packets of drugs were found inside Saeed's [Fahala's] pockets.
Such blatant lies! Just think who in his right mind will carry drugs
in their pockets when going to the police station after being summoned
by them in advance by chit. When Saeed got the chit he organized some
of his writings, gathered his children and told them he was going to
the police station, probably for some questioning regarding some
articles in Minivan. He also said that since Colonel has also been
taken into police custody he was certain it was in connection with
something he has written", Fahala's wife Amsoodha said.
Amsoodha added that that Fahala told the police on 13 October that
they should not search him until his lawyer arrived. However the
police removed his pants, took them away and brought them back with
four packets of drugs in them. "Is this justice?" she asked. [passage
omitted]
Fahala recently refused an offer of 10,000 Maldivian rupees to work
for a recently floated pro-government weekly newspaper. Source:
Minivan News website, Colombo, in English 0000 gmt 10 Nov 05 (via BBCM
via DXLD)
** NEPAL. See DX-PEDITIONS below
** NETHERLANDS. Dear OM, In an earlier message I reported that the
government of the Netherlands was taken to court over an auction to
sell NOZEMA.
Yesterday, November the 9th, a Dutch court ruled that the takeover of
NOZEMA (owner of all broadcast transmitter sites in The Netherlands)
by means of an auction was not unlawful. The court decided that the
government did not harm the rights of any interested parties in
NOZEMA.
The complete text of this case has not been issued; therefore details
are unknown to me. The parties involved in this case have a right to
appeal but uncertain is if they will. It will be interesting to know
how things work out once NOZEMA is taken over.
Another newsitem is that the planned soccer broadcaststation in the
Netherlands is still not heard. No news is made available if and when
the start of this new station is planned after initial announcements.
Probably there are difficulties which I think originate in getting the
(expensive) broadcast rights for soccer. Greetings from the
Netherlands, (Gerard A. Koopal LL.M, ALJURE - Legal via wwdxc BC-DX
Nov 11 via DXLD)
** NETHERLANDS. Hello from Hilversum, Lots of changes are taking place
here at Radio Netherlands, some of them internal, others more visible
to the outside world. One of the latter is the launch of EuroQuest
EuroBlog by producers Jonathan Groubert and Sarah Johnson. At the
moment, the topic being featured is one which will be of great
interest to Media Network readers - Minority Language Broadcasting.
This week's EuroQuest was a special programme recorded live from the
cultural/political cafe "de Balie" in Amsterdam and was coproduced
with Radio Sweden. Jonathan Groubert and Radio Sweden's Azariah Kiros
hosted a round table discussion focusing on the role of minority
language public broadcasting in an increasingly ethnically polarized
Europe. They asked the questions, "Does Minority Broadcasting help or
hinder integration and should the government pay for it?"
If you missed the programme, or want to send some feedback, go to
http://euroquesteuroblog.blogspot.com/ which has just been updated by
Sarah with her own personal experiences as a relative newcomer to the
Netherlands. And there will be another update tomorrow.
On Target
We apologise for the delay in getting the PDF file of the winter On
Target online. Unfortunately there were some errors in the printed
version, and the PDF file supplied by the printer did not have the
fonts embedded in it and therefore we couldn't edit it. As soon as we
have a corrected version it will go online and it will be accessible
under the category 'Listening guide' on the right hand margin of every
page.
In the meantime, please note that the transmission to the West Coast
of North America and New Zealand is at 0500-0600, and all programme
times commencing '04' should read '05'. Our apologies for the error.
Special message for RN listeners in the UK and Ireland
As stated in On Target, it is our intention to introduce a 24-hour
English stream on the Sky Digital platform as soon as possible.
Unfortunately the rollout of Sky's new Electronic Programme Guide is
delayed due to some software problems, and the launch now looks as if
it will be delayed until early 2006. There's a waiting list of radio
stations who want to be on Sky Digital, and we're in the queue. But it
seems unlikely we'll be able to start before the new EPG is ready. We
are sorry for the delay, which is beyond the control of Radio
Netherlands. More information when we have it (Media Network
newsletter Nov 10 via DXLD)
** NETHERLANDS ANTILLES. Hi, Glenn --- R. Nederland Bonaire relay:
With the various troubles being reported for the Bonaire transmitters,
I wonder about the future of this facility. The original two Philips
units are almost 37 years old, while the ABB unit is 17. Anyone heard
of any plans for new transmitters, presumably DRM capable, for
Bonaire? They supposedly upgraded the power generation plant after the
Easter 2000 fire, which would have suggested more units on the way,
but none so far. Perhaps the budget cuts at RN have nixed any such
ideas? Also curious if the 50 kW unit Bonaire uses for a few
transmissions is the same one used for the recent DRM tests, but now
running in AM mode? (Stephen Luce, Houston, TX, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND. (cf. DXLD 5-193 of 09 Nov) Bernie O'Shea in Canada, I
also listened to RNZI 9870 on Tuesday afternoon (here in SW Europe)
and immediately the non-stop classical music program was the result of
an amendment of a B05 of some station, thus ruining the fair reception
of Rangitaiki during this season --- but that unID was gone just like
that (can't remember the exact time, and being a casual listening, no
records were written down). I remember having spotted 1~2 similar
cases on 7 MHz late last year. Yesterday, 9 Nov, when RNZI changed the
aerial azimuth for 9870 at 1650, reception didn't become that bad, but
as earlier reported by me, their clean afternoon (here) signal starts
to get trouble as from 1500 onwards when some adjacent QRM arises
(Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, Nov 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Re RNZI DRM query in latest DXLD 5-193.
As per my recent posting, RNZI is scheduled to test the new DRM
transmitter towards Tonga around now, with broadcasts at around 5-6 am
local time in Tonga. [1600-1700 UT, but what was the frequency?]
This is to allow on-site checking of the DRM signal at the A3Z Radio
studios in Nuku'alofa in preparation for RNZI rebroadcasts when full
service begins early in 2006.
A DRM receiver and antenna have been installed, and RNZI's Technical
Manager is on the island to monitor signals. Reception at other
Tongan radio stations is also being monitored.
Further tests will occur over the next couple of months, targeting
Fiji and Samoa. Warm regards (David Ricquish, Radio Heritage
Foundation http://www.radioheritage.net Nov 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NICARAGUA. La Rosa de Tokyo para el proximo domingo
"LA ROSA DE TOKIO" (( LS11 RADIO PROVINCIA ))
Recuerden que el Grupo Radioescucha Argentino está colaborando con LA
ROSA DE TOKIO, el programa de DX y comunicaciones que se irradia por
LS11 Radio Provincia, La Plata, Argentina, en la frecuencia de 1270
kHz, con 56 kw! en su horario habitual de 13 a 14 hora argentina (1600
a 1700 UT) y también en Internet, http://www.radioprovincia.gba.gov.ar
La temática que se desarrolla cada domingo consiste en la
investigación y análisis de la situación radiofónica en un país. Se
revisa su historia, su actualidad política y social y, por supuesto,
se analizan sus emisoras de radio y TV más representativas.
La emisión correspondiente al domingo 13 de Noviembre de 2005 de La
Rosa de Tokyo estará dedicada a revisar la historia y el presente
de la radio en Nicaragua. El programa incluye un análisis de varias
emisoras que han marcado la historia de la radiodifusión de este país
centroamericano. No se pierdan las grabaciones históricas que se
incluiran en el programa.
El programa contará con la participación especial del columnista
Arnaldo Slaen, desde Buenos Aires (Slaen, Noticias DX via DXLD)
** NIGERIA. VOICE OF NIGERIA TO BE REJUVENATED IN 2006
The Nigerian Daily Sun reports on the efforts of the new Voice of
Nigeria Director, Mallam Abubakar Jijiwa, to enable the international
broadcaster to carry out its action plan for 2005–2010, which, among
other things, is to "Achieve excellence through optimal utilization of
existing human and material resources in order to make VON a leading
international broadcasting station like BBC, VOA, Deutsche Welle, and
in particular among the African audiences." The newspaper says that
"Efforts are on to restore VON’s five transmitters into full
transmission capacity in shortest possible time, certainly by middle
of 2006."
Read the full story: Rebranding Voice of Nigeria
http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/opinion/2005/nov/08/opinion-08-11-2005-002.htm
(``Daily Sun, Nigeria`s King of the Tabloids``)
# posted by Andy @ 16:25 UT Nov 8 (Media Network blog via DXLD)
I believe we have heard all this before (gh, DXLD)
** PAKISTAN. See DX-PEDITIONS below
** PHILIPPINES. 15120, Radyo Pilipinas. Nov. 6 at 0230-0330*. SINPO
35443. Philippine pops and economic talk in English. Music program
from 0256. ID was heard at 0255 & 0324. // 15270 kHz, 21331. 25mb
outlet was not observed (Iwao Nagatani, Japan, Japan Premium via DXLD)
** ROMANIA. RRI is probably a lost cause, reception-wise (Bob Thomas,
CT, Nov 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. ATHEIST CHALLENGES 'GOD' IN ANTHEM
By Kevin O'Flynn, Staff Writer
Wednesday, November 9, 2005. Issue 3291. Page 3.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/11/09/011.html
An atheist activist is mounting a challenge in the Constitutional
Court over the use of the word "God" in the national anthem, and he
said Tuesday that he was hoping to draw attention to a blurring of the
line between church and state.
Alexander Nikonov, the head of the Moscow Atheistic Society, has
lodged a complaint in the court about the fourth line of the second
verse of the national anthem -- "The land of my birth protected by
God" -- for the reason that it contravenes his constitutional rights.
Nikonov and his supporters said at a news conference Tuesday that the
lawsuit aimed to highlight how the Russian Orthodox Church was
becoming a state religion in contravention of the Constitution, which
says that the state and religion should be separate.
Nikonov noted that an Orthodox church was being built in Interior
Ministry facilities at the government's expense and that the new Nov.
4 holiday, People's Unity Day, falls on the same day as an Orthodox
holiday.
"There's a slavish feeling" among politicians and bureaucrats, said
Mikhail Arutyunov, the president of the International Human Rights
Assembly. "When they see [President Vladimir] Putin bowing before an
icon, they believe there is no other way."
To send the complaint to the Constitutional Court, Nikonov first had
to be turned down by a local court. He did that by attempting to take
Channel One television to a Moscow court for playing the national
anthem -- with "the bad word beginning with G," as he called it --
every morning at 6.
If the activists win, it will not be the first time that words have
been removed from the anthem. The original anthem lyrics, written by
Sergei Mikhalkov, the father of film director Nikita Mikhalkov,
contained words of praise for Stalin excised from it in the 1950s.
Putin brought back the Soviet national anthem five years ago, ditching
a wordless piece of music by the 19th-century composer Mikhail Glinka
that had been chosen after the Soviet collapse. Putin's version
drastically revised the text of the Soviet-era version and added the
word God (Moscow Times via Gerald T. Pollard, DXLD)
** RUSSIA. Re: 5-193, - R. Tikhiy Okean (R. Station Pacific Ocean)
Hi Bernd, Would seem you are correct. Nov 10, at 0912 note a strong
open carrier on both 5960 and 7330. Both about the same strength.
Waiting for sign-on (Ron Howard, CA, dxldyg via DXLD)
5960 // 7330, Nov 10, *0935-1000*, usual Russian programming, 0950
talking about Vietnam, Vladivostok and the Univ. of Vietnam, 0958 ID
and phone number, pop Russian song till sign-off. 5960 was the best
and 7330 was fair-good (Ron Howard, Monterey, CA, RX340 + T2FD
antenna. ibid.)
Today, November 10th, I heard test broadcast of Radiostantsiya Tikhiy
Okean on 7330 kHz. SINPO 35333. Sign-on at 0935 (not 0930) with
announcement "Govorit Vladivostok", then ID and ID "...Radiostantsiya
Tikhiy Okean" Female talk in Russian followed. ID was also heard at
0943 & 0958. Sign-off at 1000 after Russian pops. The same program was
also heard on 5960 with SINPO 44444 (Iwao Nagatani, Kobe, Japan, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. RHC really doing a job on REE English to NAm at 0000 on
6055: RHC is on 6060; also splash from 6050 [HCJB?] (Bob Thomas, CT,
Nov 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SRI LANKA. See DX-PEDITIONS below
** THAILAND. 6765 USB, Bangkok Meteorological R., Nov. 6 1548-1625,
44343, weather information in Thai and English (Kyoshiro ISHIZAKI,
Japan, Japan Premium via DXLD)
** U K. BBCWS PROGRAMME PREVIEWS --- Play of the Week ---
International Playwriting Competition 2005 Winners [Sats from Nov 5]
The BBC World Service/British Council’s ninth biennial International
Playwriting Competition attracted more than 800 entries, with ten
entries shortlisted.
The panel of judges decided on The Hard Way by Gino Dilorio and
Straight Town by Desmond Ntshalintshali.
The winners were flown to London in October to participate in the
recording of their plays, both broadcast this month.
International Radio Playwriting Competition 2005:
Winner: English as a First Language
[however, online listings show Nov 12 as an ESL, not EFL winner]
The Hard Way by Gino Dilorio
Producer / Rosalynd Ward
In The Hard Way on Saturday 5 November, Mary lives in a root cellar on
a farm in mid-west America, her outlet to the world barred by a locked
grille.
Her brother Ty breaks in horses for a living and when his friend
Dwight goes to the farm for help with a difficult horse, he discovers
Mary and begins to form a relationship with her. He learns she has
been malformed from birth, brings her biscuits and opens his heart to
her. But when Mary’s brother Ty is killed in an accident with a horse,
Dwight returns to the farm, determined to steal the money he knows is
buried there. He seems however, to have underestimated Mary.
Straight Town by Desmond Ntshalintshali
Producer: Anne Edyvean
Zweli is a taxi driver in Johannesburg. He falls for Queen, a teenage
schoolgirl, but only discovers she has AIDS after they sleep together
in Straight Town on Saturday 12 November. Zweli is furious and as a
result Queen tries to kill herself. But while the lovers fight it
out, Zweli’s friend JaJa decides he wants to steal his identity and
hires a hitman to kill his buddy. The plot is foiled and love conquers
all in the end.
Nuremburg by Richard Norton-Taylor
Producer / David Hitchinson
In 1945, at the end of World War Two, an international Tribunal was
set up to try the perpetrators of the Holocaust. The Nazi regime was
also accused of war crimes against the civilian population of those
occupied countries, and, for the first time in history, individuals
were put on trial for sending their people to war and ordering them to
commit atrocities.
Now sixty years on from the verdicts being given on the 22 defendants,
Richard Norton-Taylor presents a reconstruction of some of the events
in the trial in Nuremburg on Saturday 19 November.
Using the original transcripts from the trial, actors recreate the
roles of several infamous members of the Nazi regime, including Rudolf
Hoess, who talks quite calmly about the efficient killing of millions
in his concentration camp, Auschwitz.
Nuremburg was compiled and edited by Richard Norton-Taylor.
Exclude Me by Judith Johnson
Ken has been sacked from his job as a teacher after hitting a
disobedient pupil. On the day that Jessica, a privileged and
overachieving white girl, and Wayne, a black boy from the wrong side
of the tracks, collect their GCSE results, Ken points a gun at them
and locks them away in a secluded detention room.
In Exclude Me on Saturday 15 January the wayward child and the middle
class girl suddenly become the mature voices of reason in the hostage
situation, while the science teacher becomes the immature and petulant
one because he can't get his way. Jessica still formally calls Ken
'Sir', while pointing out, in the politest possible way, the
irrationality and futility of his actions. Wayne's sarcastic attitude
is barely kept in check, despite Ken's various threats.
Exclude Me premiered at London’s Chelsea Centre Theatre in 2003.
This production was recorded on location by Jonquil Panting
Play of the Week: 2 x 60 minute and 2 x 90 minute programmes
Saturday 5, 12, 19 & 26 November,
[European stream and webcast]: 1830, GMT Sun 0201
[American stream and webcast]: 2201, GMT Sun 0201
Listen online http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/index.shtml
(BBC Press Office via Richard Cuff via Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. JEFFREY N TRIMBLE NAMED ACTING PRESIDENT OF RFE/RL
The US Broadcasting Board of Governors has appointed Jeffrey N Trimble
as Acting President of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL),
replacing Thomas A Dine who left on 31 October.
Jeffrey Trimble joined RFE/RL in May 1997, first as Associate Director
of Broadcasting, but soon thereafter was appointed Director of
Broadcasting. From 2002 until this week, he has served as RFE/RL's
Director of Policy and Strategic Planning. Before coming to RFE/RL,
Trimble worked for 15 years at US News & World Report magazine in a
variety of positions, including Assistant Managing Editor, Foreign
Editor, and Moscow Bureau chief (from 1986 until 1991). As
Mediterranean Bureau Chief, based in Rome, Italy (1983-1986), Trimble
reported on developments in more than 20 countries in the Middle East
and Africa, as well as the Mediterranean region. Earlier, he was a
diplomatic correspondent in Washington (1983) and a regional
correspondent in New York (1982-1983), where his duties included
covering the United Nations.
In accepting his new appointment, Trimble said "It is an honour to
serve as Acting President of RFE/RL, and I look forward to supporting
the work of RFE/RL's dedicated staff to promote freedom and democracy
with information products that are balanced, accurate and
comprehensive." # posted by Andy @ 15:13 Nov 9 (Media Network blog via
DXLD)
** U S A [non]. VOA as heard on MW in India: See DX-PEDITIONS below
** U S A. Glenn: Still haven't got the 7385 antenna ready, but maybe
by late tomorrow. Certainly before the weekend, providing there are no
further complications. I can't wait! (Jeff White, WRMI, 2053 UT Nov 9,
WORLD OF RADIO 1293, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Rod Hembree is all over the place but not everywhere he
thinks. I normally avoid his over-produced over-confident
proclamations of religiosity, but I happened to tune across 13570,
WINB at 2248 UT Nov 10 when he was saying that an interview with
George McClintock about the future SW was coming right up. OK, keep
listening a while, after the dog barking. At this time he was also on
WHRI 7490 and WBCQ 7415, none of three in parallel. Still no sign of
George when the station on 13570 announced it was signing off and
would be back on 9320 in a few minutes. No ID was given on 13570.
So I tune to 9320, where Brother Scare is still going on WWRB, but
Dave Frantz interrupts him to say they are about to move to 6890. Two
carriers overlap for a while at 2258, and at 2300 WINB signs on, this
time with an ID, and right into Hembree`s Good Friends Radio Network,
claiming he is on 9740 WINB, 9330 WBCQ, and also 5110 WBCQ --- but
even on the same outlet, WINB, the Radio Weather subprogram with the
McClintock interview had vanished as some other GFRN show started. And
of course, WINB is NOT on 9740 at this hour, and furthermore, someone
else was on 9330 at this hour. Standard remark about believing what he
says (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. In an email reply to a reception report, WTTM general
manager Alka Agrawal informs that WTTM is no longer on 1680 kHz.
Agrawal's reply: "We are no more broadcasting on the WTTM as it has
relocated their tower. We are currently on WWTR 1170AM." (Hermod
Pedersen, Malmö, Sweden, Hard-Core-DX via DXLD) New Jersey
Still I am pretty sure I did log WTTM on 1680 on Oct 28 at 2250 -- as
did others per various logs. The move most be a recent one (Hermod
Pedersen, Malmö, Sweden, MWC via DXLD)
WTTM is on 1680, they have not moved to 1170 and have no application
or permit to do so. The only CP they have is to change their City of
License from Princeton to Lindenwold. Princeton/Lindenwold are in
Southern New Jersey in the Philadelphia area and WWTR on 1170 is in
Northern New Jersey in the New York City area. I am going to make a
guess that the reply you got refers to a specific program that was on
WTTM but is no longer broadcast by them but is on WWTR-1170. If that
isn't the answer - who knows? (Alan Merriman, USA, ibid.)
WTTM 1680 stays. The programme company has moved its business to the
station on 1170. WTTM is relocating its transmitter. Initial rumour
were they would become an ESPN station but that's now in doubt
(Barry Davies, UK, ibid.)
WTTM is still on 1680. It has moved from Princeton to Lindenwold NJ
(Dave Gardiner, WVCH 740/WNWR 1540, Philadelphia, HCDX via DXLD)
Yes, WTTM as such is still on 1680 kHz. The Indian programming by EBC
Radio has, for coverage reasons, felt a need to switch
carrier/transmitter. Which all reminds me of the ancient web knowledge
that one should not rely on Internet knowledge without some personal
thinking.
Yes, I did send my reception report to "EBC Radio" as the general view
on lots of Internet source, and most DX sources, held that EBC was
equivalent to WTTM. Common sense and personal experience should have
made me remember that programming is one thing and transmitter
another. Another relearned experience is never to rest on one`s
laurels. While hearing EBC on WTTM on Oct 28, I didn't get the report
off until Nov 9 -- all resulting in a non-QSL (Hermod Pedersen, Malmö,
Sweden, Hard-Core-DX via DXLD)
** U S A. ESPN affiliates by frequency
[in the files area of the dxld yahoogroup]
(Mary Anne Sanford, ke7cgz, Nov 10, 2005, IRCA via DXLD)
This info is likely to be quite perishable. It is to be used only for
DX identification, not to facilitate listening to actual stupid sports
talk shows or silly ballgames ;-\ --- gh
You can check the latest by state at :-
http://espnradio.espn.go.com/espnradio/affiliate?query=al
(Barry Davies, UK, MWC via DXLD)
** VIETNAM [non]. 7380, Little Saigon R. via Taiwan, Nov 06 *1500-
1509, 34433, Vietnamese, 1500 sign on with IS, Opening music, Opening
announce, Talk (Kouji Hashimoto, Japan, Japan Premium via DXLD)
** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. (cf. DXLD 5-193 of 09 Nov), Raúl Saavedra in
Costa Rica and Miguel Romero in Spain, the Polisario Front dropped
7460 even before (some 2-3 days earlier) silencing 700 kHz (my last
recorded observation was on 10 Oct last) again, to reactivate 1550
kHz, which is running at its normal schedule, with later (1 hour)
sign-off on Friday morning. Manuel Méndez in Spain and Wolfgang
Büschel in Germany now say they've got a new transmitter. I can't
notice any difference in their steady, normal, strong, clean 1550 kHz
signal, nor do I notice the Moroccan jammer Wolfgang says he logged
while touring Southern Spain. Interesting to note how reception
conditions can be so different in a small area (Carlos Gonçalves,
Portugal, Nov 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
1550 | ALGERIA | RASD Clandestine, Tindouf, NOV 7 2342 - North African
music (similar to Berber stuff 1044 often plays); good, way over
CBE/WDZK. [Connelly*rw-MA]
+ NOV 8 2212 - Arabic talk by man, synthesizer music segments; a lot
weaker than at Rowley, but still dominating the channel. [Connelly*B-
MA]
[Connelly*B-MA] = Billerica, MA, USA (GC= 42.533 N / 71.221 W) (home)
[Connelly*rw-MA] = Rowley, MA, USA (GC= 42.744 N / 70.830 W)
(salt-marsh: Stackyard Road - Nelson Island, Parker River NWR)
Receiver: Drake R8A; Antenna systems: Billerica: dual-feedline Flag: 5
m x 10.6 m to DX Engineering RPA-1 amplifier. Rowley: 3 m vertical
whip to 81:1 transformer to RPA-1 amp; 60 m east-aimed horiz. wire to
9:1 transformer to RPA-1 amp; DXP-6 phasing unit (Mark Connelly, MA,
HCDX via DXLD)
** ZIMBABWE. ZIMBABWEAN AUTHORITIES ACCUSED OF JAMMING PRIVATE RADIO
STATION | Text of press release in English by Paris-based organization
Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) on 10 November
Reacting to the systematic interference of the Zimbabwean independent
radio station Voice of the People (VOP) since 18 September, Reporters
Without Borders voiced outrage today at a campaign to jam dissident
radio broadcasts which the Zimbabwean authorities are clearly
orchestrating with Chinese help.
The press freedom organization pointed out that this "state sabotage"
of VOP comes three years after it was the target of a still unsolved
bombing in the heart of Harare.
"Robert Mugabe's government has once again shown that its policy is to
systematically gag all independent news media," Reporters Without
Borders said. "The use of Chinese technology in a totally hypocritical
and non-transparent fashion reveals the government's iron resolve to
abolish freedom of opinion in Zimbabwe."
The press freedom organization added: "We reiterate out belief that
Zimbabwe's progressive submission to the dictatorship of a single view
is being made possible by the incomprehensible failure of the great
African democracies to take a stand against this behaviour by the
Harare government."
VOP beams a radio programme to Zimbabwe every evening from 7 to 8 p.m.
(1800 to 1900 gmt [sic: it`s 1700-1800 UT --- gh]) on the 7120 kHz
shortwave frequency using a relay station belonging to the Dutch
public radio station Radio Netherlands on the island of Madagascar, in
the Indian Ocean.
"Our signal is no longer as clear as it is supposed to be," a VOP
employee told Reporters Without Borders. "There is a funny noise and
this is affecting our evening programme. We can say we are being
jammed." The VOP staff suspect that the government is using
sophisticated jamming equipment imported from China.
This hour of VOP programming has offered the sole opportunity for
Zimbabwean listeners to tune into to an alternative to the Zimbabwe
Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) ever since deliberate jamming of the
London-based exile station SW Radio Africa began in February. SW Radio
Africa is no longer able to broadcast on the short wave.
Voice of the People was created in June 2000 by former ZBC employees
with help from the Soros Foundation and a Dutch NGO, the HIVOS
foundation. The police raided its studio in Harare on 4 July 2002 and
took away equipment. It was then the target of a bombing on 29 August
2002 which wrecked the entire studio. It was nonetheless able to
resume broadcasting.
A frequently-used jamming technique is to broadcast a noise on the
same frequency as the target signal using another radio station's
transmitters. The power and location of these transmitters determine
the area where the jamming is effective. According to the information
obtained by Reporters Without Borders, VOP can now only be heard in
the rural part of Matabeleleland [southwestern Zimbabwe], an area not
covered by Zimbabwe's public radio station. This suggests that the
noise jamming VOP's programmes is being broadcast by the Zimbabwean
authorities using the public radio station.
These illegal practices, which violate international regulations
governing telecommunications, are one of the specialities of the
Chinese government. Jamming is standard practice in China, especially
the jamming of Tibetan radio stations and foreign radio stations
beaming programmes to the west of the country. A Reporters Without
Borders release described this policy as the "Great Wall of the
airwaves."
According to a source in Zimbabwe, a number of Chinese intelligence
officers have been stationed in a luxury hotel in Harare since
January. Chinese experts have been invited to give training in
telecommunications and radio communications to Zimbabwean technicians
under economic and technical cooperation accords signed between China
and Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe's already significant relations with China have been stepped
up even more as a result of its diplomatic isolation, which culminated
in its departure from the Commonwealth in 2003. Ideological affinity
and interest in its natural resources have prompted the Chinese to
sign many political and trade accords. China has become the leading
foreign investor in Zimbabwe.
Their collaboration in the area of censorship may not be limited to
radio broadcasts and could also extend to the pirating of web sites.
Reporters Without Borders has previously voiced concern about the
Zimbabwean government's acquisition of equipment that could be used to
monitor internet traffic.
But its expertise is almost certainly not up to using this kind of
equipment, which suggests that it has subcontracted the implementation
to its Chinese suppliers. Source: Reporters Sans Frontières press
release, Paris, in English 10 Nov 05 (via BBCM via DXLD) Viz.:
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/70378/
(via Artie Bigley, DXLD)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1610 kHz UNID Tone and Thoughts
Noted in Jacksonville [NC], on truck radio, at 1404-1420 (moving) and
1420-1428 (parked) [EST = 1904-1928 UT]. Signal varied in strength
both while I was moving, and once parked. Level ranged from near
excellent to absent. Should have checked the fade duration, but
didn't. I got the impression that the "fading" was not real. That is,
it seemed too rhythmic/smooth to be natural fading -- more like power
being gradually/automatically increased and decreased over and over.
Naturally, by the time I got home, 1530 ELT, it was off. I tried to
plot a rough DF chart based on reported loggings and apparent
bearings, but I'm not too certain, hi!
Shorewood, IL: directly E/W, so it eventually crossed the other 3
paths - at points all in the northeast
State College, PA: crossed Lilburn, GA, near Monterrey in Mexico
Greenville, SC: crossed very close to the Lilburn, GA, reference
point --- Brock - what are you up to? Hi!!
Theories? All kinds. For the technical people out there, and in line
with David Gleason's comments,
"Could Kintronic have some kind of authorization to test the antennas
at a higher power? . . . "
Just a thought here on my part -- during 9/11 and the recent
hurricanes, the biggest complaint has been the lack of reliable
communications (planning and implementation close seconds). What IF
you had a series of transmitters (relays, if you will) using
specialized antennas ALL transmitting the same information (perhaps
multi-channels with different info on the various channels) to other
stations for rebroadcast? Any station could initiate traffic.Thus,
even if some stations are disabled, the "message traffic" gets
through.
As an example - a station in San Francisco wants to send traffic to
Washington, DC. Relays in Cheyenne, WY, and Omaha, NE, are off-line.
One substitute path might be SF > Houston > State College, PA >
Washington, DC. Again, via other relays between these points. Or,
perhaps, SF > a site in ND > to Shorewood, IL > DC.
My point - depending where each station is located, and how many
stations there are, you could conceivably cover the United States
with a series of sites, almost guaranteeing communications. Also,
nothing says that the stations have to transmit on 1610 kHz. With
modifications, the frequency may be above 1610, or down into the
longwave range.
How will the government know if the plan is workable? They may already
know. I'm not a technical type, so my ideas may be full of QRM. Just
my thoughts (Mike Hardester, NC, Nov 9, IRCA via DXLD)
Coincidentally to this discussion, I got my Radio World today, and in
it is an article about an engineer and ham who took a 250 watt Gates
transmitter from the 60's and converted it to the 160 meter ham band
at 1880 kHz. His first daytime contact at 250 watts was skywave from
Terre Haute, IN, to NE Ohio. So, there is definitely real daytime
skywave in that frequency range. Think what the 10 kw maximum might
do! (David Gleason, ibid.)
Glenn, I think I´m hearing your station on 1610 also here in Quito.
This Thursday morning around 0930 UT a very weak signal with tones
changing between silent and irregular tones. I´m never hearing
anything from Northamerica below 1600 kHz. On 1600 a NA struggling
with LA stations and just a few weak stations 1620 - 1700 with best
signal on 1640 kHz (Bjorn Malm, Quito, Ecuador http://www.malm-
ecuador.com Nov 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PUBLICATIONS
++++++++++++
MT & PWBR
The November '05 Monitoring Times arrived in yesterday's mail.
Somewhat late; I usually get it in the last week of the month. Perhaps
it was delayed a bit in order to get in the articles about Katrina
that are featured. The frequency list is in a somewhat different
layout and appearance, but I haven't checked to see how accurate it is
with regard to B05 updates. Any comments on items needing pen-and-ink
annotations there?
But what really struck me was that, a few pages in, there is a full-
page ad for the *2005* Passport to World Band Radio. Not the recently-
printed 2006 edition, but the 2005 one, with that date in the text and
the cover illustration being that of last year's 2005.
I bet gh might have some comments regarding that if PWBR cannot even
get the right ads published, what does that indicate about their
printing the right frequencies? Nah, he wouldn't say that... :-)
73, (Will Martin, MO, Nov 9, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
FLORIDA LOW-POWER RADIO STATIONS
Glenn: Could you publish my new alternate page address for anyone
interested in bookmarking said at:
http://www.geocities.com/geigertree/flortis.html
for my FLORIDA LOW POWER RADIO STATIONS list? This is now parallel to
the original http://home.earthlink.net/~tocobagadx/flortis.html
which has been sporadically inaccessible this week, due to the fault
of Earthlink (homepage hosting site server issues). Thanks (Terry L
Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, 27.55.83 N, 82.46.08 W Nov 10, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
New MediaScan and RSS
After a brief sojourn as an external blog, MediaScan is back on these
pages. As before, updates may be irregular, but you can subscribe to
the RSS feed. After 55 years on the air, and then as an e-mail
newsletter and a website, MediaScan/Sweden Calling Dxers lives on as a
newsblog and RSS feed.
The direct link to the new MediaScan site is:
http://www.sr.se/cgi-
bin/International/nyhetssidor/index.asp?nyheter=1&ProgramID=2408
With the exception of exceptional circumstances the mailing list will
no longer be used. Subscribe to the RSS feed instead.The RSS feed is:
http://www.sr.se/xml_news/rss/SRImediaScanRSS.xml
(George Wood, Nov 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
LANGUAGE LESSONS
++++++++++++++++
KULINA
Glenn, in your DXLD bulletin 5-193, under the title "ECUADOR. NEW
LANGUAGE ON HCJB", you published a dialogue between you and Tim Hendel
about the Kulina language from Brazil.
Some months ago, I found by chance in the Web an excelent site
describing several native peoples of Brazil. The site is called
"Enciclopédia dos Povos Indígenas"
(http://www.socioambiental.org/pib/portugues/quonqua/cadapovo.shtm)
and it is owned by Instituto Socioambiental, from Brazil.
In this site, we can find a text by Domingos Bueno da Silva, who says
that the pronunciation of the Kulina language varies markedly between
men and women! The author wrote:
"O estilo lingüístico feminino é marcadamente diferente do masculino:
há oclusão de vogais, condensação de palavras inteiras, às vezes
criando situações em que a simples tradução de um trecho de quatro ou
cinco palavras torna-se tarefa complicada."[...]
"Alguns dos poucos falantes brancos da língua Kulina por mim
consultados sobre o canto feminino, [...] foram enfáticos em afirmar
sua dificuldade de compreender, senão o significado, muitas vezes a
própria palavra dita, reiterando a possibilidade da existência de um
universo lingüístico feminino peculiar."
The whole text about this peculiar language is at the following
address:
http://www.socioambiental.org/pib/english/portugues/epi/kulina/nome.sh
tm
73 (Fernando de Sousa Ribeiro, Oporto, Portugal, --
http://community.webshots.com/user/f_s_ribeiro Nov 10, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
DX-PEDITIONS
++++++++++++
DXING ON BANKS OF RIVER GANGES - Jose Jacob, VU2JOS
[radio countries in this report, cross-referenced above: AFGHANSITAN,
BHUTAN, CHINA, INDIA, KASHMIR, NEPAL, PAKISTAN, SRI LANKA, USA [non]]
From 14th to 22nd October 2005, I was in on the banks of the River
Ganges at Neeldhara in the Hindu holy town of Haridwar in Uttaranchal
State, North India. It is about 200 km north of New Delhi on the
foothills of the Himalayas. Haridwar is famous for the Hindu festival
``Kumbh Mela`` which is conducted every 12 years in which lakhs of
devotees visit here to take the ``Holy Bath``.
I and three other Hams from National Institute of Amateur Radio were
deputed to give Amateur Radio awareness to the Scouts and Guides
during their 15th National Jamboree. It was inaugurated by His
Excellency Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, the President of India. We, along
with about 30,000 participants from all over India and also from
Bangladesh, Bhutan and Sri Lanka were housed in tents.
Our radio equipment was Icom 706 MKIIG, Yaesu FT 757 GXII and several
other VHF/UHF walkie talkies and Base Stations. We put up Inverted V
wire antennas for HF and Quarter Wave Ground Plane antennas for VHF.
During my stay there, I used to monitor the Broadcast bands quite
often. As this location was about 1700 km away from my usual
monitoring location in Hyderabad, I found the MW, FM and the lower HF
bands quite different but interesting.
I could monitor the Radio Kashmir SW stations at Jammu, Leh and
Srinagar pretty well and could update their schedules information as
follows:
Jammu (50 kW) 4830: 0025-0445
5965: 0630-0930
5965: Sun 0451-0500
4830: 1030-1100/1115/Sun 1741
4830: 1130(Sun 1030)-1741
Leh (10 kW) 4760: 0212-0430
6000: 0700(Sun 0630)-0930
4760: 1130(Sun 1030)-1630(Sat 1730)
Srinagar (50 kW) 4950: 2245-0020 (During Ramadan period only)
4950: 0120-0215
6110: 0222-0505
6110: 0600-1115
4950: 1120-1736
These schedules vary slightly from other published schedules even
appearing in the latest AIR website. Like the Radio Stations in
Srinagar and Jammu, the station in Leh is indeed identifying as Radio
Kashmir and not as All India Radio. The transmission starting at 1030
from Jammu is being called as a ``Special Broadcast`` with relay of
the ``Pahadi`` program from Srinagar. Several programs for the Defence
Forces were observed on Radio Kashmir stations. The other new relay
stations from Kashmir heard were Kupwara 1350 kHz and Naushera 1089
kHz besides the old stations Jammu 990 kHz and Srinagar 1116 kHz. Of
course I could monitor several low power and other AIR stations on MW
from North India that I don’t usually pick up at my normal location.
Radio Sadaye Kashmir program from AIR Delhi was heard quite well there
as follows:
0230-0330 6100
0730-0830 9890
1430-1530 6100
From neighboring Pakistan, the following SW frequencies stations were
noted although unlisted in WRTH /PTWBR and other sources
5018 (0055) (Quetta drifting from 5025/5027?)
5925.5v (0200, 1100): News & Current Affairs parallel to 1152 kHz.
This is Rawalpindi beaming to Kashmir as per info from Mr. Noel Green,
UK
6065 (0430, 0610) with Rawalpindi identification (Listed in PTWBR as
Islamabad)
5027variable Quetta and 5080 Islamabad listed in WRTH 2005 were also
noted but not 4955 5050 6225 7105 7225 7320 etc.
7395 (from 0600 to around 1110)
My monitoring observations were just after the major earthquake in
Pakistan/India and so lot of coverage was there of that tragic event.
Well known DXer from UK Mr. Noel Green who has the official schedule
of Radio Pakistan HS on SW says that the transmissions that I
monitored on 5018, 5925.5v and 6065 are unlisted in their official A-
2005 schedules and might be special transmissions due to the
earthquake. 7395 is listed in it as Islamabad 100 kW API-2.
A Pakistani MW station unlisted in WRTH 2005 or even in the latest
Radio Pakistan web site was noted on 1332 kHz may be a new station.
There was no sign of any Azad Kashmir Station in Muzaffarabad on 792
kHz but their Mirpur station was heard on 936 kHz.
The Voice of Jammu & Kashmir Freedom, Pakistan was heard as follows
very strong but the carrier and audio was very rough.
0230-0400 5990
0745-0845 7230
1300-1400 5102
Azad Kashmir Radio, Tarakhal program from Pakistan was noted as
follows:
4790 : 2327-2357, 0040, 0430 etc. and during evening and night
7265 : 0855 to past 1030
They were often relaying Radio Pakistan and also had prayers etc. due
to the Ramadan fasting season but nothing was noted on 7145 listed in
WRTH 2005. As it was at the end of the A-2005 broadcasting period that
my observations took place, maybe some of the SW frequencies from
Pakistan that I monitored has changed now that the B-2005 period has
come into effect.
On the MW of interest was a station from Afghanistan heard many times
on the low power channel of 1602 kHz at sunrise and sunset, 8.00 pm
local time etc. often parallel to Radio Afghanistan on 1107 kHz. They
are playing lot of Hindi Film music and at first I mistook them for
some AIR station. The VOA Medium Wave station in Afghanistan on 1296
kHz was also heard at excellent level with various programs at dark.
The VOA ``Aap ki Duniya`` programs in Urdu were heard well on 972 kHz
from 1400 as well as the VOA station in Kuwait was in English on 1593
kHz at around 2300.
The neighboring station Radio Nepal was heard on 576 648 792 810 and
5005 from sign on at 2315 but not on the listed 1143 kHz. WRTH 2005
and others lists sign on at 2345. Bhutan Broadcasting Service was
noted at fair level on 6035 kHz during day time. TWR from Armenia was
noted with Tuning Signal on 864 kHz at 1605 while their counter part
from Sri Lanka was heard at fair level on 882 kHz.
Chinese stations were every where like 4905, 4920, 4820, 4800, 4910,
4920, 5240, 5935,6080 (2 transmitters?), 6110, 6130, 6125, 6250 etc.
and also blocking the 500 kW AIR Station at Chinsurah on 1134 kHz at
night.
SLBC Sri Lanka was heard well on 11905 15745 but not on 9745.
On the FM Band all the 6 stations from New Delhi (91.0, 93.5, 98.3,
102.6, 105.6, 106.4 MHz) about 200 km away were heard often. The AIR
Relay station at Mussorie which is only 87 km away was heard at
excellent level on 102.1 MHz always. They have live sign on
announcements at 5.55 am local time and then relay AIR FM Rainbow
programs continuously till 11.05 pm local time.
The nearest AIR station was from Najibabad which was booming in from
50 km away on 954 with 100 kW. One day I visited the station’s studios
and transmitter.
In our tents, the weather was very warm at noon but cold at night
compared to our Hyderabad weather. Haridwar is full of temples and we
visited several of them. Two of them are on hilltops and it was
interesting to ride on the ropeway to those hills. While my Hindu
colleagues collected the ``Holy`` Ganga water to be taken home to be
distributed among friends and relatives, I collected some nice round
stones from the river and river banks.
On the way to Haridwar I and Mr. Alokesh Gupta had an interesting
visit to AIR Spectrum Management Division at their HQ and the New
Broadcasting House. On our return Mr. Alokesh Gupta, Mr. C. K. Raman,
VU3DJQ, Mr. Ray, VU3ORN and I, all members of DX India, visited the
AIR Transmitting Station at Khampur which has 7 x 250 kW SW
transmitters used mainly for the External Services.
Note: All frequencies listed are in kHz and times in UTC, unless
mentioned otherwise.
WRTH = World Radio TV Handbook
PTWBR = Passport to World Band Radio
73 (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Raj
Bhavan Road, Hyderabad 500082, India; Tel: 91-40-5516 7388; Telefax:
91-40-2331 0287; EchoLink: Node No. 133507; VU2NRO
http://www.niar.org (dx_india via DXLD)
DX-PEDITION TO KONGSFJORD, NORWAY
The weekly media magazine "Kurer" which is heard on NRK home service
once a week made a brief visit to the Kongsfjord DX-Pedition site in
October. At this place in northern Norway all continents can be
heard.
In October New Zealand was logged and verified for the first time in
Europe. The reporter talked to Norwegian top-DXers Bjarne Mjelde, Jan
Alvestad, Ole Forr and Tore B. Vik, who devote much of their spare
time to "fishing and hunting" on the MW band. Pictures and text [in
Norwegian!] at http://www.nrk.no/programmer/radio/kurer/5206765.html
(Henrik Klemetz, Sweden, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Where`s the beef? Media reporter trying to understand DX-peditioning
The following review was written originally in Spanish. In it I am
trying to catch the impression of incredulity that pervaded the whole
program. The female reporter tried hard to understand what lies behind
trying to catch noisy signals from afar in our era of internet
and mp3.
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"A escuchar ruidos es a lo que se dedican estos muchachos", comenta
entre incrédula y sorprendida la reportera-presentadora del programa
"Kurer" de Radio Noruega.
En el extremo norte de Noruega se dan cita algunos aficionados a la
onda media, liderados de Bjarne Mjelde, quien vive en la zona. Los
visitantes en esta ocasión, venidos todos del otro extremo del país,
son Jan Alvestad, Tore B. Vik y Ole Forr. Desde la capital vino a
informar sobre el evento una reportera de un programa de medios de
comunicación de la radio estatal, NRK.
La caza y captura de emisoras lejanas, muchas veces en la madrugada,
no le acaba de convencer a la presentadora, aunque reconoce que el
hobby tiene cierto parecido con otros oficios generalmente masculinos
como son la caza y la pesca, pues el DX se atrapa "a punta de hilos
largos, extendidos a la intemperie, alguno de hasta 600 metros de
largo".
Hacia el final del programa y un tanto cansada de los ruidos - ¿puede
tener algo de bello el ruido? se pregunta - la reportera cambió el
enfoque del DX a la propaganda radial política, tema que le debió de
parecer más interesante de cara el público en general, pues esta
expedición al frío del ártico le parecía "cosa de locos". Durante la
guerra, el gobierno noruego se estableció en Londres, de manera que
las emisiones en noruego desde Inglaterra se convirtieron en sintonía
obligada para los habitantes de la Noruega ocupada por los nazis.
La expedición DXista a Kongsfjord terminó el 13 de octubre. A los
pocos días los expedicionarios le enviaron un correo a la reportera y
presentadora del programa para decirle que esta expedición había
colmado sus máximas aspiraciones, ya que durante la misma habían
logrado escuchar Nueva Zelanda en onda media, consiguiendo también
recibir la confirmación consiguiente.
En el programa, disponible en real audio, se intercalan algunas
grabaciones: JOIK, de Sapporo, Japón, KSDP, en Alaska, y una emisora
cubana sin identificar que anuncia una canción de Pablo Milanés. La
página web muestra la casa en donde se reúnen los DXistas y también
hay fotos de algunos de los participantes y sus equipos, en
http://www.nrk.no/programmer/radio/kurer/5206765.html
(Henrik Klemetz, Suecia, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
He podido escuchar el Kurer - Program 9 - 05.11.05 con una
ambientación excelente --- pero es una pena que el idioma noruego sea
tan atractivo como indescifrable. En el reportaje se alcanza a
escuchar la respuesta de uno de los colegas a la pregunta de la
reportera ¿Cuáles emisoras son las favoritas?, se escucha claramente
la palabra Latinoamérica. Más tarde hay referencias a Perú y Bolivia.
También se distingue con cierta claridad la identificación --- como
sonido de fondo --- de la Radio Puerto Cabello (1290 kHz) de
Venezuela. Radio Free Europe y Radio Liberty y hasta BBC forman parte
del relato, lo que indica un abarcamiento amplio sobre la temática
desarrollada. Entre ruidos de puertas que se abren, vasos y platos en
la mesa, sonidos radiales, frecuentes carcajadas y hasta el canto de
pájaros en el exterior (¿Albatros?) transcurre esta entrevista que, si
algo le falta para ser imperdible, es una bendita traducción al
español que se torna necesaria y desesperante mientras los colegas
noruegos charlan, ríen y ejemplifican con la enviada del programa
"Kurier". Aprenderíamos mucho si algún colega pudiera traducir aunque
sea parte de esta joya radiofónica. Me enorgullece saber que todavía
se hagan producciones del tipo radiodocumental sobre el DX.
¡Felicitaciones a los colegas noruegos y a la NRK por la idea! Gracias
Henrik y Dario. Cordiales saludos de (Rubén G. Margenet, Argentina,
playdx via DXLD)
RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM
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CHEAPY DIGITAL SW RADIO THAT ACTUALLY WORKS
I'm a sucker for these extremely-low-end cheapy SW radios, and usually
get what I pay for, which is next to no performance, swamping of the
SW bands with FM-locals' images or squawks, inaccurate readouts on the
digitals or impossible indications on the analogs, etc. Well, I bit
again, and this time I'm actually rather impressed with what I got for
$13.
Noticed this Electro Brand 859 AM/FM/SW digital-readout radio in the
Sportsman's Guide catalog for $12.97 club-member price, and since I
was ordering other stuff anyway, added one to the order. Here's a link
to a page that pictures it:
http://electrobrand.com/aebportablecassettesandradios859.htm
Comes blister-packed with a decent set of earbud headphones and a
weird little pouch to carry it in (is there some Oriental fetish for
putting electronics in strange little bags? :-). It actually seems to
pick up a reasonable assortment of major broadcasters (BBC, RCI, RN,
the US gospel huxters) on the correctly-indicated frequencies,
especially in the US evenings. I did get WBCQ on 7415 kHz, but it
won't tune their new 18910 kHz channel.
What astounds me about this one is that it differs from just about all
the others I've tried in that extending the whip antenna actually
improves SW reception, and does not swamp the radio with FM squawks
the way the Coby digital or the Bell+Howell analog do. On those, you
have to keep the antenna retracted and even minimally unfolded from
the case. This one works like you expect an SW radio to behave.
There are only 4 digits on the display, so "9755 kHz" displays as
"9.75 MHz" or "9.76", for example. But the tuning knob works smoothly
enough that you can tweak in the signal OK. And it is stable enough
that you can sit it down and listen without having to hold it or
constantly retune. It even has a backstand, though it sits OK upright
even with the whip fully extended.
As I type this, I've been listening to RCI in French on 17835 kHz,
with it reading "17.84" and stable enough to enjoy the music. Decent
sound for a tiny speaker, too.
Works fine on FM (no stereo) but AM MW has barn-door-wide selectivity.
You get the locals many kHz on either side of their real frequency. At
night, it does pick up enough distant signals that it can bring in
something to listen to, like CHWO on 740 kHz and other stations
distant from me here in St. Louis, MO.
The instruction sheet that comes with it has some amusing text. What
do we now call this "English rendered by a Chinese"? When electronics
came from Japan, we said "Japlish", but there are different Chinese
languages so "Chilish" doesn't seem quite right.
For example: "You can use the soft antenna, one end is stuck to the
antenna, the other end is put outside the window, it will improve SW
and FM receiving effect." (Note that the radio does NOT come with any
extra wire antenna, so "the soft antenna" must be supplied by you.
Sounds vaguely erotic...)
It has a separate power switch, not part of the volume control. Clock
and alarm function. When you turn on the radio, it defaults to FM, so
using it as a clock radio wake-up alarm requires you to tune it to a
local FM before switching off, unless you want off-tuned FM signals or
interstation hiss as your alarm sound.
Certainly far better than the Coby digital, which I got at Big Lots
for $7. This being twice as expensive, I guess you *do* get what you
pay for... :-)
A pretty decent toy, I think. This is the first of the really cheap SW
radios I'd actually recommend as a stocking-stuffer or other gift to
an SW newbie. It won't disappoint or turn them against SW by terrible
performance the way the other low-end ones will. (Assuming sample-to-
sample variation doesn't give them a lemon, of course. You never know
if a blister-packed item will work when the recipient gets it as a
gift. You can't open it and test it out first the way you can check
out something in a box.) 73, (Will Martin, St Louis MO, Nov 10, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Looks a lot like the jWin JX-M14 portable radio! I bought my JX-M14
after reading the following review on the RadioIntel website:
http://www.radiointel.com/review-jwinjxm14.htm You're right - it's not
a Drake R-8B or a Hammarlund HQ-180AC, but for a shirt-pocket radio,
it's a pretty good performer. 73 and GREAT DX! (Stephen Ponder, N5WBI,
Houston TX USA, Swprograms mailing list via DXLD)
Looks just like the Jwin JX-MX14, which got a reasonably favorable
review at epinions: http://www.epinions.com/content_177490267780 Makes
sense to buy one of these if you're already ordering something else
from the same establishment, when they don't charge per item for
shipping. (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA, ibid.)
PROPAGATION
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SWBC HARMONICS ON VHF FROM ASIA TO AUSTRALIA
Hi All, 30520, 0838z, 2 x 15260, Poor with Home Service from New
Delhi, only heard audio briefly, but at least it is still propagating;
15260 was 5 x 4, and in the clear.
Also heard a good Het on 30720, 0841, H2 [2 x 15360] BBCWS Singapore,
no audio, but pleased even to hear the het! Heard both on November 7
2005.
Also on November 1 2005 heard on 30850 an unID station, at 0249z H2 or
maybe H5, but most likely H2; the only station heard on 15425 was
English to North America from the V. of Russia. VOR IS at 0259z, poor
with QRN S5, most likely to be Sri Lanka I think. Needs more checking.
Details on SLBC, to South Asia, R Sri Lanka 30 kW on 15425; hoping
it`s this (David Vitek, Adelaide South Australia Icom R75 G5RV,
harmonics yg via DXLD)
David, Great to see some VHF harmonics still working! What you are
hearing are carriers. You have a het only when there are two carriers
beating against each other on slightly different frequencies,
producing an audible tone, the definition of a heterodyne. And I guess
the `QRN` on 30850 means QRM, if a broadcast from Sri Lanka may be the
source. Is SLBC still active on 15425? I think they left that years
ago, later on 15747v (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###